China has tightened trade pressure on a cluster of US defence-linked firms after Washington broadened its own restrictions on Chinese companies, escalating a pattern of tit-for-tat measures that has become a feature of the bilateral relationship.
According to China’s commerce ministry, export controls were placed on 10 American companies, including Aveox, Red Cat Holdings, MP Materials and Oshkosh Defense. Beijing said the steps were taken in response to the US expanding its ...
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list of companies it says are tied to China’s military and to protect national security.
At the same time, China’s finance ministry said public procurement bodies would be barred from buying from 46 US companies, among them Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and the defence arm of Boeing. The ministry said firms with US investment in China would be exempt from the ban.
The latest action follows a fresh US blacklist that added major Chinese groups including Alibaba, Baidu and electric vehicle maker BYD, as Washington said the firms were linked to China’s military. Earlier this year, China also added 28 US entities, including Lockheed Martin and Boeing Defense, Space & Security, to its export control list, underscoring how the dispute has widened beyond tariffs into technology, defence and critical materials.
The new Chinese measures add to pressure on American firms active in aerospace, military manufacturing and rare earths, sectors already shaped by strategic competition between the two powers. They also come after Donald Trump’s recent visit to Beijing, which had raised hopes of a more stable phase in the relationship before the latest round of mutual blacklisting.
Source: Noah Wire Services
